Originally Posted by
Lyman
Was anyone not astounded that Airbus had the clout and power to demand a memorandum from BEA prior to the Show?
Nothing shady about that though. It's not like they asked the BEA to falsify anything, just make public the information that they already knew - i.e. that no evidence of technical malfunction had been found.
The use of language by some on here (e.g. "demand" and "suppress") is very telling. "Request" would have been more valid and correct in this case.